The WEIRD Show

the Encaffeinated ONE

A weekly roundup of weird news, strange views and odd ideas.

Episodes

  1. 08/03/2018

    TWS401: K is for Kilometer, not Savings

    On the show this week: A Different View ** Tech We Didn't Know You Needed ** CQ: Have we fundamentally changed as a civilization in the last two hundred years -- and will we change again in another 200? Or are all the changes really superficial and circumstantial? Full list of 10 articles after the jump!

    1 hr

  2. 04/03/2018

    TWS400: Lookin’ Good At A Distance

    On the show this week: Space Enough For Anyone ** Slyborg ** Making It Up As We Get Along ** CQ: If you won the big lottery tomorrow, would you have 100% leisure time, or would you choose to work for a salary still?

    1hr 8min

  3. 03/03/2018

    TWS399: As Smart As You Wanna Be

    On the show this week: From Here To Beyond ** CQ: Isn't gravy just really thick soup?

    1hr 1min

  4. 03/03/2018

    TWS396: Moving To A New Flat

    This episode is a continuation of articles from episode 395.

    1hr 1min

  5. 02/03/2018

    TWS394: Second Pass At First Things

    This episode is a second-half of articles collected in episode 393.

    59 min

  6. 02/03/2018

    TWS395: Let’s Get Off This Rock (and Roll)

    On the show this week: To The Moon, Alice ** Post-End of the World ** Disruptive ** CQ: What song would you send to greet our alien cousins? Full list of 19 articles after the jump!

    1hr 2min

  7. 02/03/2018

    TWS393: Things In The Way of Food

    On the show this week: Someone Made This Real ** Unusual Science ** Missing Things Found ** Unreal Intelligence ** CQ: When we bring dinosaurs back from extinction, will we use them on the moon, on Mars or on Earth first? Full list of 18 articles after the jump!

    58 min

  8. 23/11/2017

    TWS392: There Are Worlds Without Us

    On the show this week: Revisible; Off-planet Casual; By the Numbers; CQ: With the age of the Internet, we can experience things from all over the world in an instant, and integrate them into our personal culture -- but does that mean that the notion of "regional" or "national" culture are doomed to fade?

    1hr 5min

  9. 23/11/2017

    TWS391: AI, Eh? Uh-Oh

    On the show this week: Think Different. Pray Same.; Space For Filling; Non-Traditional; CQ: Which industry will be disrupted first: the clothing industry, when robotic tailors can custom-make clothing locally rather than ship them, or the travel industry, when we can VR remote into robotic surrogates?

    1hr 1min

  10. 21/11/2017

    TWS390: Hal-Con 2017 Chat

    My friends (Nax, Marie and Pat) join me to chat about what we enjoyed from Hal-Con, what we'd like to see, and what makes a con something we want to attend.

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About

A weekly roundup of weird news, strange views and odd ideas.

Information

  • Creator
    the Encaffeinated ONE
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2018
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2006-2014
  • Show Website
    The WEIRD Show